Episode 86, Season 5 - Eric and Kouri Richins – Black Widow

In March of 2023, Kouri Richins released a children’s book about grief after the sudden death of her husband, Eric.

And while the book gains a significant amount of media attention, that is not what has all of Utah buzzing.

It’s that everyone believes Kouri was the one to murder Eric.

Listen to the episode HERE.

Photo caption (L-R) Kouri and Eric Richins seemed like the perfect couple with the perfect family (credit: NBC News); Eric and Kouri on their wedding day in 2013 (credit: PEOPLE); Eric was described as funny and down-to-Earth (credit: Salt Lake Tribune); After Eric died, Kouri wrote "Are You With Me?" a children's book about grief (credit: Goodreads); Kouri during the local media tour for her book (credit: The Guardian); Mirror Lake Diner, where Kouri bought the infamous Valentines Day breakfast sandwich for Eric (credit: Dateline/YouTube); the Midway mansion Kouri hoped would save her house-flipping business (credit: East Idaho News/YouTube); Josh Grossman, the handyman Kouri was having an affair with testified for the prosecution during her trial (credit: The Park Record/CourtTV); The "Walk the Dog" letter (credit: Document Cloud); Kouri's defense attorney Kathy Nester during opening statements in Kouri's murder trial (credit: KSL-TV-Salt Lake City); Kouri as the verdict in her trial is being read (credit: KUTV-TV-Salt Lake City)

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